TIFF INSTYLE AND HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION PARTY PICS

Malin Akerman & Mr. Will-W.

Held traditionally towards the halfway mark of TIFF ever year, InStyle Magazine and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association throw a bash at the Windsor Arms Hotel, marking one of the biggest highlights of the Festival. 

The Hotel rolled out the Red Carpet and installed a Media Tent for its ultra-exclusive list of Celebrity Guests and everyone including hundreds of spectators out on the street got to join in on the festivities, giving Toronto a taste of Hollywood.  

Here's who showed up for some fun and Swag:

Abigail Breslin

SHANE WEST AND MAGGIE Q FILMING NIKITA IN TORONTO

Toronto is definitely the hot spot for filming this Summer and among the latest to start production in the city is The CW Network's Nikita.  Nothing though in my opinion will ever usurp America's Next Top Model as that station's best program.  Nikita is a re-vamping of cult-favourite 1990 French film Nikita and the 1997 television series which met limited success.  It centers around an government Spy who decides to do things on her own and it will be premiering Thursday, September 9, 2010 in the prime 9:00 PM slot.

Among its cast of burgeoning stars are A Walk To Remember and ER star Shane West and also, American-born, Hong Kong-based actress Maggie Q who has had her share of headlines back in Asia. Internationally, she has appeared in blockbusters like Live Free Die Hard, Mission Impossible III and Rush Hour II. Although her success has been long in the making, Nikita will probably be the outlet to launch her career as a household name in North America.

Filming today at Bay Station on a secret platform, the Crew began filming early and will be going all the way to midnight, before changing locations tomorrow. Tentatively, filming is scheduled until mid-December in and around the city.  The Cast has already been seen dining at the city's hottest spots, Brassaii and One.